The focus of Respect Life month includes those in need of the basic necessities of life such as food, safe water, sanitation, and health care. Parts of Africa and the Middle East are suffering from widespread famine. In the United States, 1 in 6 children lives in a family that struggles to get enough to eat. 

You can make a difference by writing to our federal legislators asking that they invest in programs that address these needs, nationally and internationally, as Congress works on the 2018 budget.

Bread for the World Sunday will be celebrated by our parish on October 22nd.  A PDF flyer with more information is here.

The Bishops of the United States ask you to join them in prayer  and sacrifice for the protection of life, marriage, and religious liberty in our country.

Workers and the Unemployed

That all workers may receive respect and protection of their rights, and that the unemployed may receive the opportunity to contribute to the common good.

We have still not received a decision from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals on the results of the vote on pro-life Amendment 1 from the hearing on August 2, 2017. Please make this another month of prayer for these judges and for all those involved in the case. The following is a suggested prayer:

Lord, we thank you for the gift of life. We thank you for your Divine help to pass Amendment 1 in 2014. We ask that Amendment 1 will be upheld as it stands, a life-saving Constitutional Amendment to the Tennessee Constitution. Please give wisdom to the judges who will be deciding this case: Honorables David McKeague, Richard Suhrheinrich, and Ronald Gilman, that they may rule to uphold Amendment 1. We pray with confidence in Jesus' name. Amen.

• Prayers and Devotions explained.
• Praying the Rosary
• Pray for Priests